Michael Veracka Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Md, Us

Washington, Dc

Principal Investigator - Advanced Electromagnetic Launchers and Payloads 2009 – 2012• Led a team of five engineers and scientists building a prototype electromagnetic (EM) rail gun for launching off-board decoys • Developed and constructed three rail guns with different levels of augmentation• Increased firing rate from 12 shots/hour to 2 shots/sec• Patented the multiply augmented EM rail gun for use in decoy deploymentPrincipal Investigator - Advanced Electromagnetic Decoy Launcher Technologies 2007 – 2009• Developed the technologies necessary to build a functional EM decoy launcher• Performed experiments solving critical issues to increase rail lifetime• Implemented double augmentation achieving an eight-fold increase in rail lifetime and 30% increase in efficiencyResearch Physicist - Electromagnetic Launchers Programs 2003 – 2007• Performed experiments to determine ways to increase efficiency of EM launcher• Implemented techniques to lower resistance and increase inductance in launcher• Performed experiments to determine methods of deceasing rail damage during operation

Washington, Dc

Principal Investigator - Vertically Launched Imaging Infrared Technologies 1998 – 2003• Managed a team of engineers building a prototype omnidirectional decoy vehicle• Investigated infrared obscurants using different deployment technologies• Directed field testing of novel obscurants using simulated ship targetsCo-Principal Investigator - Imager Obscuration Technology 1995 – 1997• Investigated non-toxic obscurants for shipboard use• Directed several field tests of novel obscurantsLead Scientist - Burning Rope Skunkworks Program 1993-1994• Led $1M/year rapid prototyping project developing novel extended area infrared countermeasure for aircraftPrinciple Investigator – IR Corridor Programs 1991 - 1992• Developed method for producing catalyzed carbon cloth for IR decoy applications• Performed infrared measurements of infrared decoys• Developed and Maintained in-house custom image acquisition system• Authored and maintained software for acquiring and reducing raw data